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Feb 16, 2011 06:49PM
im taking ap calc at school, but i want to be able to pass the ib exam, so i need to pass calc2 too. ugh.
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what's the IB exam and what do you need to know Calc 2 for?
there's like the AP exam at the end of the year, but our school allows us to take the IB, which means if you pass that, you basically pass Calc2. Which means you don't need to take that in college. I had to do alot of negotiations to skip out on it in my college classes, because one class in high school is hard enough and i would hate to repeat it.
i guess that means if i pass the IB exam, i can start at Calc3? Joy.
i guess that means if i pass the IB exam, i can start at Calc3? Joy.
Hi group! My name is Kristina, I'm 22, and from New York. I just graduated (2 weeks ago!) from Pace U with a B.A in English Literature. Now I'm taking a semester off before starting Grad school (well, that's the plan any way!) I'm applying to jobs, but we all know how the job market is now-a-days. Basically, I have a whole lot of free time to read. And I babysit a lot, so I get paid to read while kiddies sleep, a lot. I've been a member of Goodreads for a while, but haven't found too many groups to join. This one looked fun and friendly so I thought why not?! I spend too much of my time on this website, I might as well make some friends! Anyway, a little about me: I love reading, writing, photography, hiking, and traveling (France is my number one). My all-time favorite books would have to be The Harry Potter series, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Hunger Games series, The Help, Never Let Me Go, and my guilty pleasure---anything Harlan Coben.I can't wait to get to know everyone! Best wishes :)
Esme wrote: "there's like the AP exam at the end of the year, but our school allows us to take the IB, which means if you pass that, you basically pass Calc2. Which means you don't need to take that in college...."Yeah, but didn't you say you were doing some kind of Psychiatry or pre-Med thing? Why would you even need Calc 3... nevermind needing Calc 2? (Calc 3 was my favorite by the way hehe)
because my mothers a math freak and wants me to take it. and because she's helping me pass math, i have to listen to her. sigh...what a life
Kristina wrote: "Hi group! My name is Kristina, I'm 22, and from New York. I just graduated (2 weeks ago!) from Pace U with a B.A in English Literature. Now I'm taking a semester off before starting Grad school (we..."Hey Kristina! I'm also a recent grad with a B.A. in English! What kind of job are you hoping to get? I'm looking to get into the publishing industry (as an editor), but to get to New York I'd have to get a work visa... Anyway, thought I should say hi and maybe add you as a friend (if that's okay) since we have the same degree, and you live where I'd love to be!
Also, I LOVED France - favorite part?
Stacey wrote: "Kristina wrote: "Hi group! My name is Kristina, I'm 22, and from New York. I just graduated (2 weeks ago!) from Pace U with a B.A in English Literature. Now I'm taking a semester off before starti..."Hey Stacey! I'm looking for something along the same lines as you. I want to be a book or literary magazine/journal editor. Unfortunately, there aren't too many jobs in that! I've been applying but haven't had much luck. How about you? Where did you earn your B.A from? I saw on your page that you're from Alberta. I hear it's beautiful there!
France is the best. Of course Paris is my favorite and I went at the end of summer/start of autumn so the foliage was beautiful. I think the best place I went to was Versailles and maybe also the D'Ordsay museum---beautiful stuff there! What's your favorite part?
Esme wrote: "because my mothers a math freak and wants me to take it. and because she's helping me pass math, i have to listen to her. sigh...what a life"That's not a good reason to take higher level math if you don't need it. If you don't like it that much you really shouldn't, no matter how much of a math freak your mom is. Calc 3 isn't even really going to tell you anything all that new beyond Calc I and II. The main difference is that it's in 3 dimensions.
Is your mom a mathematician or something?
no, but she could be. its not that i completely hate calc, and i do like to challenge myself. is it really that useless of a course? i know that i'll never use anything beyond geometry and a little trig in medicine, but is it worth learning just for the heck of it?
Esme wrote: "no, but she could be. its not that i completely hate calc, and i do like to challenge myself. is it really that useless of a course? i know that i'll never use anything beyond geometry and a little..."Only if you need to study Vector Calculus, which, as far as I know is primarily built for doing Physics. So unless you also need to take Physics (especially Electromagnetism) then it might not be very useful for you. Calculus is pretty good to know at the medical level because it can deal with rates of change and fluid flow. Such as blood flowing through your body can be used with basic rate of change equations. But unless you really need to study fluid mechanics in 3D... I don't know how much you'd use it.
Esme: I don't know what it's like there, but in Holland we really don't math in medschool or in practice. I'm in my last year of medschool en besides basic adding/multiplying there's not a lot of math to it.
Daisy wrote: "Esme: I don't know what it's like there, but in Holland we really don't math in medschool or in practice. I'm in my last year of medschool en besides basic adding/multiplying there's not a lot of m..."
Lucky! yeah, i get what you're saying because med school is about the body and stuff, not math. i wish things were like that here :)
Lucky! yeah, i get what you're saying because med school is about the body and stuff, not math. i wish things were like that here :)
Adam--
i do think physics is alot of fun, but im not really going into that beyond AP.
would i need to know anything more about calc if i have plans to be a psychiatrist?
i do think physics is alot of fun, but im not really going into that beyond AP.
would i need to know anything more about calc if i have plans to be a psychiatrist?
Esme wrote: "Adam--i do think physics is alot of fun, but im not really going into that beyond AP.
would i need to know anything more about calc if i have plans to be a psychiatrist?"
I doubt it. Unless you want to do neuroscience, that could wind up being all math. And depending on what end you get into it could either be loads of statistics (which really isn't math to me) or a lot of physics dealing with electrical signals... since that's how the brain works. (And at that point you're more of a Physicist and need Vector Calculus (i.e Calc III)). But if you're more interested in behavioral research then you most likely would only need to deal with statistical modelling. The most you'd need to know for advanced stuff would be Calc II, I think. There's this thing called the Standard Normal Curve, which can be represented as an integral form. I don't do much stats and probability, but that's the heaviest Calc we talked about in my Applied Stats course at the University level.
The human body is really a bunch of physics and chemistry when you get right down to it. My Calc I professor did his PhD thesis on muscle contraction and developed a mathematical model to explain it, which is a pretty interesting application. I never would have thought of that.
that's funny because my dad's a neurosurgeon and he isn't a math fan. yeah...i figured i need vector calc and lots of statistics, but i can stop there right? because im interested in medical and behavorial stuff.
im taking alot of sciences, so i think i understand the human body well enough. that's a really cool thesis, was it ever published?
im taking alot of sciences, so i think i understand the human body well enough. that's a really cool thesis, was it ever published?
Esme wrote: "that's funny because my dad's a neurosurgeon and he isn't a math fan. yeah...i figured i need vector calc and lots of statistics, but i can stop there right? because im interested in medical and be..."Well, there are differential equations, which you only need Calc II for, which really studies rates of change super in depth. That might actually be more useful than Calc III. I'm not sure, I'd really talk to the university you end up going to and ask them what kind of math you'd need for your specific industry/program.
See, I think there are all kinds of interesting things you can do with math, but I'm also aware that it just might not be practical for some people to know it.
I think he did have the thesis published. I'm not sure where though.
yeah, i have an appointment set up for some time next month, but i really go overboard with scheduling and everything. and mcats are coming up, so ugh.
oh well, that's still cool. if you ever find out where he published it, let me know because that sounded really interesting.
oh well, that's still cool. if you ever find out where he published it, let me know because that sounded really interesting.
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so what are your interests, ezrah?
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five languages? wow, that's amazing.
It's only a goal but, I guess I'm almost halfway there since I'm working on two and have one down. I have about ten more years to work on it.
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Ravenn wrote: "Hello all, my name is Ravenn. I'm a sophomore in college. I was a Japanese major but, I'm going to hopefully be switching to Creative Writing. I love learning new languages although I'm only stu...".Hi Ravenn! Are you Japanese? :D
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Nikki wrote: Jeremae: is there any particular reason you start every sentence with a period? :P".Oh. It's just something I get used to when typing messages in facebook :)).
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I love to read I always have. I like to write story's and poems,singing, and watching movies.
I love to read I always have. I like to write story's and poems,singing, and watching movies.
Stephanie wrote: "Hi everybody I'm Stephanie, 19 and turning 20 next month. I'm from New jersey.Studying to become a veterinarian. Right now in community college and will be transferring soon.I love to read I alwa..."
You write stories and poems? Me too.. Great way of expressing myself! :)
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He's already humiliated me by posting my sleeping pictures in another group :(
He's already humiliated me by posting my sleeping pictures in another group :(
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